NME Award winners Happyness announce May headline UK tour dates
NME Award Winners HAPPYNESS plot headline UK tour for May / April live dates in Europe
Debut album ‘Weird Little Birthday’ re-issued with extras on Moshi Moshi Records, March 30th / New single ‘A Whole New Shape’ out same day
Newly crowned NME Award Winners (Best Lyric – “I’m wearing Win Butler’s Hair, There’s a scalpless singer of a Montreal rock band somewhere” – Montreal Rock Band Somewhere) Happyness are planning a string of headline dates this May, which will also take in a first appearance at The Great Escape. Currently on the road with JAWS, Happyness depart for SXSW and a US tour in March and April, before returning for shows in Europe and their own headline UK tour.
After a whirlwind 2014, which ultimately saw the South London trio make NME’s Best Newcomers list, as well as The Sunday Times Best Albums of The Year, Happyness announced in January that they have signed to Moshi Moshi Records for the UK. On March 30th, a full re-issue of their acclaimed debut ‘Weird Little Birthday’ will be released, in an expanded edition which includes 4 bonus tracks. The band’s first single of 2015, ‘A Whole New Shape’, is released on the same day.
Hear ‘A Whole New Shape’ here:
May UK headline dates below
May 05 Hare & Hounds, Birmingham *
May 06 The Louisiana, Bristol *
May 07 Soup Kitchen, Manchester *
May 08 Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh *
May 09 Think Tank, Newcastle *
May 13 Boston Music Room, London *
May 14 The Great Escape, Brighton
*Support from Crushed Beaks.
April/May European dates below
Apr 23 La Fleche D’Or, Paris (w/ Drenge)
Apr 24 Paradiso, Amsterdam, London Calling Festival
Apr 25 Esch-sur-Alzette Out Of The Crowd Festival, Luxembourg
Apr 27 Berlin Magnet Club, Germany (w/ Drenge)
Apr 28 Hamburg Molotow Club, Germany (w/ Drenge)
Apr 30 Rotterdam V11, Netherlands
May 15 NatBar Live at Bremen Teater, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 16 Pop Revo Festival, Aarhus, Denmark
Watch Happyness perform ‘Pumpkin Noir’ live in session for NME
Watch Happyness perform ‘Leave The Party’ live in session for DIY